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Explore the growth of the human rights movement during the second half of the twentieth century through the International Secretariat records of Amnesty International. The material within this collection is vital for studying the history of key political events, global social change and the development of a global movement for human rights covering themes including state violence, political prisoners, minority rights and more.

Gale Archives Unbound is a multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.

Part of Gale Archives Unbound.

Part of Gale Archives Unbound, 11 collections related to the Holocaust and aftermath.

Part of Gale Archives Unbound, 47 primary source collections which includes Proceedings from the Democratic National Conventions back to 1832. The Proceedings of the Republican National Conventions from 1856. FBI files on many national political figures as well as Albert Einstein.

Proquest's Arts and Humanities Database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. It is designed to complement the following indexes: ABM, Avery, BHA, BHI, DAAI, Index Islamicus, MLA, Philosopher's Index and RILM.

The online Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains the full data of all of the printed volumes of the BAS issued from the 1971 up to the 1991 volumes (published in 1997), as well as hundreds of thousands of entries compiled since then. Full information about the years of coverage of each and every journal is provided through the journal title browse function. The online BAS offers users various methods to search for citations. In addition to using the search function, users can browse by country-subject, or by journal title. A separate screen allows users to set their preferences for displaying and downloading data in different formats and character encodings. The BAS is updated regularly, with thousands of new entries in each upload.

Containing many biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a collection of full-text biographies, as well as thousands of narrative biographies.

Supplied by the British Film Institute and Imperial War Museums, British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film showcases a large collection of newsreels produced by the Topical Film Company and provides a glimpse into the early twentieth century - from everyday interests, such as sport and fashion, to coverage of key events, such as the First World War, the Suffragette Movement, and the establishment of the Irish Free State.

Cambridge Archive Editions Online (CAEO) is a documentary, primary source ebook collection on political, territorial, and ethnic issues from the 18th – 20th centuries covering four broad regions of the world, including Near and Middle East (120 titles, 966 volumes); Slavic, Balkan, and Caucasus (11 titles, 56 volumes); East and Southeast Asia (9 titles, 92 volumes); and North America (1 title, 9 volumes). The CAEO is a digital presentation of the well-known and respected series of British archival reprints found in the National Archive (UK). The collection includes selected documents from the British Government records that create an accurate survey of a historical period, political movement, or a country’s development. The collection has been published over 25 years and includes over 1,000 volumes, nearly 700,000 pages of primary sources, and over 750 maps.”

Explore an extensive range of archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps document this fascinating history.

From its roots as an Anglican evangelical movement driven by lay persons, this resource encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters.

Stretching from Jamaica and the Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago, Colonial Caribbean makes available materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870, this extensive resource includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, minutes of council meetings, and details of plantation life, colonial settlement, imperial rivalries across the region, and the growing concern of absentee landlords.

The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a fundamental building block for political, social and economic research. The series originated out of a need to preserve the most important papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices. These range from single-page letters or telegrams to comprehensive dispatches, investigative reports and texts of treaties. All items marked ‘Confidential Print’ were printed and circulated immediately to leading officials in the Foreign Office, to the Cabinet and to heads of British missions abroad. This collection consists of the Confidential Print for Central and South America and the French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Topics covered include slavery and the slave trade, immigration, relations with indigenous peoples, wars and territorial disputes, the fall of the Brazilian monarchy, British business and financial interests, industrial development, the building of the Panama Canal, and the rise to power of populist rulers such as Perón in Argentina and Vargas in Brazil.

This collection of Foreign Office Files provides a comprehensive history of key events across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos during a period of political upheaval, civil unrest and escalating conflict. Published in two sections, Conflict in Indochina explores the rising tension across Indochina after 1959: Crisis and Upheaval, 1959-1964 Escalation, Reunification and Withdrawal, 1965-1979 Comprising correspondence, maps, photographs and memoranda, this collection examines how the conflict crossed international borders and impacted the wider region. Administrative reports offer insight into the internal politics of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, covering key themes such as trade, economic development and increasing political instability. Documents reveal the growing intervention from foreign powers, as China and the Soviet Union sought to expand their influence over communist parties in the region. Files of the British Foreign Office (FO 371) and from the Southeast Asian Department (FCO 15) demonstrate how Britain acted as an intermediary between regional actors in Indochina, ambitiously seeking to dissuade policies that would escalate the conflict. Britain maintained a close relationship with America throughout the period covered by Conflict in Indochina. Diplomatic records between the two countries demonstrate the significance of this relationship for British foreign policy and provide fresh perspectives on American escalation in Indochina.

This HeinOnline database compiles a selection of scholarly publications on the various ways COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of life and has a focus on social sciences, including testing and vaccination issues, economic issues, global health, and societal impact. The database also features a subcollection dedicated to past pandemics and vaccinations for other diseases, allowing researchers to access ways government has responded to medical crises in the past and how previous pandemics can inform today’s decisions and responses. Much like our understanding of COVID-19, the database will continue to evolve over the coming months and years as new content is published and integrated. Updated: Regularly

Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library includes examples from over 400 years of books printed in Arabic script as well as translations into European and Asian languages from the period. Users can search on the full text of items in Arabic, English, French, German, Latin, Italian, Dutch and Spanish while also being able to view content in Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, Syriac and more.

Proquest's East and Southeast Asia database provides active full text to scientific periodicals locally published by publishers and academic institutions in various Southeast Asian countries. The main topics of interest represented in the database are economics, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and the humanities.

East India Company offers access to a unique collection of India Office Records from the British Library, London. Containing royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expeditions, among other document types, this resource charts the history of British trade and rule in the Indian subcontinent and beyond from 1599 to 1947.

Empire Online, a resource comprised of primary source documents sourced from leading archives. This resource has been developed to encourage undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers to explore colonial history, politics, culture and society. Material in the resource spans five centuries, charting the story of the rise and fall of empires; from the voyages of Columbus, Captain Cook, and others, through to decolonization in the second half of the twentieth century and debates over American Imperialism. Material in Empire Online has been sourced from a wide range of institutions, with a particularly strong core of documents and images from the British Library. Visit the Participating Libraries page to see a complete list of institutions that have provided material. There is a good balance between highly indexed manuscript and full text printed material, with a broad range of document types.

Ethnographic Video Online provides access to a collection of resources for the study of human culture and behavior featuring (at completion) over 1,000 films for more than 750 hours of video. The collection covers many regions of the world and features the work of a variety of influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more.

Europeana is a collection of the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. More than 15 million items are found in Europeana's database, including paintings, drawings, maps, photos, pictures of museum objects, books, newspapers, letters, diaries, archival papers, music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts, and videos such as films, newsreels and TV broadcasts. Some items and topics are famous, like Isaac Newton's book about the Laws of Motion, the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, or objects related to the Berlin Wall. Others are lesser-known works from obscure or unpopular creators. Around 1500 institutions have contributed to Europeana, including the British Library in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Louvre in Paris as well as a number of smaller organisations across Europe.

The six parts of this collection make available all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980

Published in three parts, this collection makes available extensive coverage of British Foreign Office files dealing with Japan between 1919 and 1952. Japanese Imperialism and the War in the Pacific, 1931-1947 Occupation of Japan, 1946-1952, Japan and Great Power Status, 1919-1930 Incorporating the Taisho to the Showa periods, these papers throw light on Anglo-Japanese ties in a time of shifting alliances. Documenting Japan’s journey to modernity, the files discuss a period in which the country took on an increasingly bold imperialist agenda. Strong relations following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles were tested then ultimately destroyed, and by December 1941, Japan and the United Kingdom were on opposing sides of the Second World War. These Foreign Office files cover British concerns over colonial-held territory in the Far East, as well as Japanese relations with China, Russia, Germany and the United States. Following surrender at the end of the Second World War, Japan was occupied by foreign forces for the first time in its history. The occupation resulted in disarmament, liberalisation and a new constitution as the country was transformed into a parliamentary democracy. Japan emerged once again as a player on the world stage.

Adam Matthew's Foreign Office Files for the Middle East addresses the policies, economies, political relationships and significant events of every major Middle East power. Conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli War, the Lebanese Civil War and the Iranian Revolution are examined in detail, as are the military interventions and peace negotiations carried out by regional and foreign powers like the United States and Russia. Commercial interests are also scrutinized, with in-depth analyses of Middle East nations’ economic stability and reviews of international arm sales policies. The activities of oil producing nations such as Saudi Arabia are closely monitored, with particular reference to the Gulf States and members of OPEC. Utilizing the significant collection of diplomatic correspondence, minutes, reports, political summaries and personality profiles, students and researchers can explore a decade characterized by conflict.

Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.

Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.

Adam Matthew's Gender: Identity and Social Change is a collection of primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This expansive collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.

Girlhood: Magazines and Print Culture brings together a rich collection of highly graphic and illustrative annuals, comics, magazines and periodicals that facilitate the study of print culture aimed at girls throughout the twentieth century. Featuring content from across the UK, US and Australia, this resource offers a fascinating insight into the lives of girls and young women as they navigate rapidly evolving significant social, cultural, and political change.

A Global History of Epidemics, 1800-1970 brings together unique primary sources to enable research into a pivotal part of history for public health and medicinal advancement. Through a broad range of sources including correspondence, official reports, diagrams, photographs and film footage, researchers can explore developments in disease prevention, outbreak management, sanitation and public welfare as well as track the spread and treatment of major epidemics and pandemics across the globe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Grand Tour was a rite of passage for many aristocratic and wealthy young Britons of the eighteenth century, and a phenomenon which shaped the creative and intellectual sensibilities of some of the era’s greatest artists, writers and thinkers. Study the history of travel with this unique collection of written primary and secondary sources, artworks, photographs and maps, c. 1550-1850, which highlights the influence of continental travel on British art, architecture, urban planning, literature and philosophy.

History Commons provides diverse primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture which have been assembled into comprehensive databases. These collections are encyclopedic in scope. The databases allow access to the rich store of materials from leading books and periodicals of the time. Collections include: African American Newspapers; The AMAROC News; America & World War I; America & World War I – Part II; American County Histories; American Inventor; Anatomy of Protest in America; The Civil War Collection; Frank Leslie’s Weekly; Godey’s Lady’s Book; The Liberator; National Anti-Slavery Standard; The Pennsylvania Gazette; The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue; The Pennsylvania Newspaper; Record Quarantine and Disease Control in America; Reconstruction of Southern States: Pamphlets; Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman; South Carolina Newspapers; Twelve Years A Slave; The Virginia Gazette; The Woman’s Tribune; and Women’s Suffrage Collection.

Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective covers a range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences with indexing of more than 1,300,000 articles in nearly 1,100 periodicals, as well as citations of over 240,000 book reviews. Topics covered include communications & mass media, criminal justice, anthropology, economics, art, film, environmental studies, archaeology, international relations, law, literary & social criticism, literature, music, performing arts, planning & public administration, political science, sociology, religion & theology, gender studies, gerontology, psychiatry & psychology, addiction studies, urban studies, and more.

Proquest's India Database is a wide-ranging, multidisciplinary resource that provides the full text of scholarly periodicals published in India. These sources offer academic support to the following areas of interest: economics and business, medicine, science, technology, social sciences, and humanities. It is a single source for the best academic journals in India, most of the content dates from the last five years and is updated daily with new content.

Proquest's International Newsstream provides access to the latest news content from outside the United States and Canada, including archives of decades of coverage from newspapers, news agencies, and full-text websites. ProQuest International Newsstream provides information from over 660 major newspapers in the world including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring collection of publications.

This bibliographic database contains more than 1.1 million citations for secondary source material about the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700. Also includes access to Iter Italicum, a finding list of previously uncatalogued or incompletely cataloged Renaissance humanistic manuscripts in libraries and collections around the world.

JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection provides full-text access to all content that the Jstor publishes. The majority of the database is archival content, and new issues are added to the collection periodically. New content may not appear in JSTOR until months or years after its initial publication date, and update frequencies for journals vary by title and publisher. Current Artstor platform expected retirement of the site/URL at the end of July 2024. Artstor content will be migrated to the Jstor platform. Artstor content can be found at https://www.jstor.org/images.

Latin America & Iberian Database provides active full text to scientific periodicals locally published by publishers and academic institutions in various Latin American countries, in Spain and in Portugal. The main topics of interest represented in the database are economics, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and the humanities.

Bringing together unique primary sources drawn from world-class maritime archives and heritage collections Life at Sea takes a sociocultural approach, focusing on the individual experiences and personal narratives of seafarers. Through a broad range of sources, from journals and memoirs to ships’ logs and court records, the lives of ordinary seamen, merchants, whalers and pirates can be explored. This resource offers exciting new insights into three centuries of the Anglo-American maritime world.

The database includes historical primary source legal documents from various regions of the world. It is provided in association with the Center for Research Libraries.

delivers a rich source of scholarship on cultural encounters between the colonizer and colonized, the circulation of power through the production and organization of colonial knowledge, and the construction of identity both at the heart and on the margins of empire. 162 titles published over the last two decades.

Explore multiple perspectives on the history of injury, treatment and disease on the front line. Chart scientific advances through hospital records, medical reports and first-hand accounts, and discover the evidence of how war shaped medical practice across the centuries.

Welcome to Medieval Travel Writing. This collection presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period. The chief focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia. It is an indispensable source for scholars of medieval travel, geography, exploration, trade, literature and medieval postcolonial studies. The travel texts gathered here cover some of the most widely read and influential prose works of the late Middle Ages – notably the books of Marco Polo and ‘Sir John Mandeville’ – but also important items by authors whose names are now less well known to non-specialists, such as John of Plano Carpini and Odoric of Pordenone.

This collection is focused on popular movie periodicals from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. It includes magazines such as Cinema Reporter (1943-1965) and Cine Mundial (1954-1955), rare copies of El Cine Gráfico from 1935 and the weekly El Mundo Ilustrado (1902-1910), dozens of film flyers, the personal scrap books of Fernando de Fuentes (1894-1958), reviews, movie stills, programs, and advertisements. The sources in this collection were previously accessible only in the archives of the Filmoteca de la UNAM in Mexico City. The database is targeted at scholars and researchers working on film and media studies, Latin American studies, and other aspects of the historical, social, and political impact of cinema.

From the century of immigration, through to the modern era, Migration to New Worlds charts the emigration experience of millions across 200 years of turbulent history. Explore the rise and fall of the New Zealand Company, discover British, European and Asian migration and investigate unique primary source personal accounts, shipping logs, printed literature and organisational papers supplemented by carefully compiled teaching and research aids.

Welcome to Nineteenth Century Literary Society. Discover the work of one of the world’s most important publishing dynasties through this collection from the historic John Murray Archive. From book history to travel writing, politics to poetry, this newly digitized resource introduces an unparalleled repository for nineteenth century culture and the literary luminaries who shaped it.

The Nixon Years provides complete Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO 7 and FCO 82 files from The National Archives, Kew, for the entire period of Richard Nixon’s presidency. It offers a different perspective and context from across the Atlantic, providing both an important counterpoint and valuable complement to records in the federal Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California, a member of the National Archives and Records Administration’s system of presidential libraries. These files allow scholars and researchers the opportunity to assess, from a British, European and Commonwealth perspective, Nixon’s handling of numerous Cold War crises, his administration’s notable achievements, and his increasingly controversial activities and unorthodox use of executive powers, which culminated in Watergate and resignation.

Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship across the field of Islamic Studies. The field of Islamic Studies is both wide-reaching and dynamic. It includes the range of foundational documents, traditions, institutions, and history of Muslims in various countries and regions throughout the world from the origins of Islam to the present day. This interdisciplinary field therefore includes history, religion, philosophy, anthropology, Arabic language and literature, as well as literatures in other languages including Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, and remains responsive to new discoveries, interpretations, ideologies and theories.

The Dictionary of National Biography is a reference work providing over 58,000 biographies about British historical figures. The database is updated every January, May, and September. January updates extend coverage into the 21st century; May and September updates add biographies across all historical periods.

Discover what life was like for the poorest communities in Victorian Britain, and explore the government policy, social reform movements and philanthropic efforts of charitable institutions that sought to alleviate poverty.